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Ontario government creates $25.8M cleantech innovation fund
Provincial officials announced August 29 that the Ontario government is starting a fund to support the creation and commercialization of green technologies. The Low Carbon Innovation Fund will support technologies in areas such as alternative energy generation and conservation, new
UChicago Startup Investment Program makes first investment of $500K in surgical startup
The University of Chicago has made its first venture investment from the UChicago Startup Investment Program. ExplORer Surgical, which is based on technology developed at the University of Chicago Medical Center, provides an interactive surgical playbook that promotes optimal teamwork in the
Aston University startup gets $200K seed funding to bring AI to smart buildings
Grid Edge, is the brainchild of three researcher friends, Tom Anderson, Dr Jim Scott and Dr Dan Wright, who met while working together at Aston University’s European Bioenergy Research Institute in 2012. The funding comes from Ignite, the investment fund
SparkLabs launches $50M fund for promising early-stage startups in Korea
SparkLabs Group started in 2012 with a Seoul-based accelerator dedicated to boosting South Korea’s then-nascent startup ecosystem. Now it’s going back to its roots with the launch of a $50 million fund for early-stage Korean startups that want to expand globally. The
University of Michigan fund invests $100K in cosmetics startup
The Zell Lurie Founders Fund at the University of Michigan has made a seed investment of $100,000 in Ann Arbor-based Sahi Cosmetics LLC, a startup that was part of last winter’s cohort of companies at the Desai Accelerator. The accelerator
NC Biotech Center awards $3.6M in loans, grants :: Editor’s Blog at WRAL TechWire
The North Carolina Biotechnology Center awarded 47 loans and grants totaling $3.6 million to universities, bioscience companies and other entities in the fourth quarter of its 2016-2017 fiscal year ending June 30. The awards will support life science research, technology
WARF to rev up funding for startup companies | Business Report | chippewa.com
WARF is blazing forward with efforts to turn UW-Madison discoveries into products on the market, and will triple its spending on entrepreneurial programs over the next several years. Erik Iverson, managing director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, noted that
University of Buffalo awarded $10 million grant to drive industry partnerships and innovation
The University at Buffalo received a 10-year, $10 million Center for Advanced Technology (UB CAT) in Big Data and Health Sciences designation from Empire State Development’s Division of Science, Technology & Innovation (NYSTAR). The state granted only one such designation.
UAB launches new commercial accelerator
The University of Alabama at Birmingham kicked off Innovation Week with a major announcement on Monday: the launch of a new commercialization accelerator program. The new program is designed to help students and faculty research ideas and concepts and build
Birmingham AI start-up secures £200,000 Centrica backing
Birmingham-based Grid Edge is the brainchild of three researcher friends, Tom Anderson, Dr Jim Scott and Dr Dan Wright, who met while working together at Aston University’s European Bioenergy Research Institute in 2012. Following three years of product development, the